Allegiance to God or Political Party

As an intellectual, I watch and listen to discussions on TV and Radio respectively.  I also sometimes browse the net to watch and read what is happening on social media platforms.

 The attitude that are displayed by a lot of the political activists in terms of their comments is deeply concerning.  Then comes the shock when these people begin to declare that they are Christians and start mentioning the denominations they belong to. 

Early this week, one of them, mentioned that he belongs to the same denomination I belong to and I suddenly felt sad.  People are defending the indefensible so long as it is in the interest of their political party. 

They deliberately run commentaries that support the party line instead of upholding morality.  Such attitude is the beginning of corruption and should such people get into public office, they are certain to condone wrong doing, no wonder the unacceptable corrupt acts that get exposed at Public Accounts Committee hearings, year after year.

I keep saying that the problem of this country is not the lack of expertise or resources, but lack of morality because it is the glue that holds each sector of the economy together and the overall governance together. 

When society, does not prioritise morality, it does not matter how intelligent the people are, governance systems will not deliver expected outcomes.  Citizens must therefore have a mindset of putting the nation first, in other words, citizens must be patriotic.

 It is therefore worrying to see a lot of people rather doing everything possible to maintain allegiance to their political party.  When national issues are being discussed, you find them towing their party line of argument, even if their party position lacks moral value. 

Taking into account the population census, about 71 per cent are Christians and about 19 per cent are Muslims, implying that majority of the population are religious.  Hence, the moral decline is the fault of the religious people, especially Christians, since they form the majority.

There are a lot of youthful people, who are quite intelligent and eloquent in the two leading parties in the country. When you listen to their logical analysis of issues, it leaves you in no doubt about their high level of intelligence. 

As I keep saying, the most dangerous person, is not the armed robber but an intelligent person with a criminal mindset.  Such a person can engage in propaganda that can create tension in the country. 

Such people can lie with a straight face in such a convincing manner that, it can create chaos in the country.  The political parties have a responsibility for ensuring a mindset change of their communicators to adhere to moral values and to be patriotic at all times. 

What they should realise, is that, should the nation erupt in flames as a result of their careless utterances, as happened in Rwanda, no one will be spared.

The clergy, are usually the voice of conscience, who comes in to quell the storm, when there is confusion in the country.  Unfortunately, some of them have lost credibility.  They have tarnished their reputation by being partisan. 

They have allowed their actions and utterances to betray which political party they sympathise with.  This has taken away the neutrality which would enable them to mediate in conflicts that may arise.

 It has gotten so bad that the youth openly insult them on social media platforms and so they do not have the moral authority to admonish, criticise or advise politicians who by their utterances go overboard and needs to be condemned or criticised. 

It is high time the clergy with credibility, used their pulpits to preach against unpatriotic behaviour in our political space. God bless.